Books for Rosh Hashanah (all ages)

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Updated September 6, 2023
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Celebrate Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur
Heiligman, Deborah
Paper Book
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur examines how these Jewish High Holy Days are celebrated worldwide. Rosh Hashanah, known as the Jewish New Year, is a time for reflection and resolution. On Yom Kippur, also called the Day of Atonement, Jews fast, pray, and ask God's forgiveness for their...
Essential Judaism : a complete guide to beliefs, customs and rituals
Robinson, George
Paper Book
This is a guide which tells you everything you need to know about being Jewish in a user-friendly way. It explains what Jews do, what they believe and why.
Is it Rosh Hashanah yet?
Barash, Chris
Paper Book
As summer ends and fall settles in, a family prepares to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. It's time to pick apples, make cards, light the candles, and eat brisket to ring in the new year!
Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae : a Rosh Hashanah story
Barash, Chris
Paper Book
Four young friends reflect on mistakes and look forward to a new year in this Rosh Hashanah Story.
Measuring a year : a Rosh Hashanah story
Marshall, Linda Elovitz
Paper Book
From award-winning author Linda Elovitz Marshall and illustrator Zara González Hoang comes this engaging picture book about celebrating Rosh HashanahRosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur mark the beginning of the Jewish New Year. They offer a chance to think about the present and the past, to "measure" a...
My Jewish Year 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew
Pogrebin, Abigail; Jacobs.
Paper Book
The much-dissected Pew Research Center study of 2013, "A Portrait of Jewish Americans," revealed that most U.S. Jews locate their Jewishness in their ancestry and culture--not in religion. Abigail Pogrebin wondered if perhaps that's because we haven't all looked at religion closely enough.
On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Fishman, Cathy Goldberg.
Paper Book
When the seasons shift from summer to fall, it's time to celebrate the High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah -- Jewish New Year -- and, ten days later, Yom Kippur.
The Rosh Hashanah recipe
Gehl, Laura
Paper Book
Ruby creates apple recipes for the Jewish New Year. Ruby and her family go apple picking before Rosh Hashanah but they end up with more apples than they need for the holiday. So Ruby and her cousins come up with new apple recipes for the Jewish New Year....
Rosh Hashanah with Uncle Max
Livney, Varda
Paper Book
Uncle Max is coming to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the birthday of the world, with the people he loves. They watch the sun go down, eat their holiday meal, dip challah and apples into honey for a sweet year, and listen to the sound of the shofar.
Rosh Hashanah with Uncle Max
Livney, Varda
Paper Book
Uncle Max is coming to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the birthday of the world, with the people he loves. They watch the sun go down, eat their holiday meal, dip challah and apples into honey for a sweet year, and listen to the sound of the shofar.
Sammy Spider's first Rosh Hashanah
Rouss, Sylvia A.
Paper Book
Sammy Spider wants to taste the golden honey the Shapiros set out for a sweet New Year. Mom tells him to stick to spinning webs, but will curious Sammy listen?

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